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THE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
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Most pod advice is written for coffee that costs 30p. Ours costs up to £6 a cup. This is how we brew it — 25ml, a warm cup, soft water, and the measurements behind each.
The world auction record is $30,204 a kilo. The coffee was later offered in Dubai at $980 a cup. Here's what that coffee is, why it costs that, and how the next picking from the same plot ends up in a pod for £6.
Few coffee names are imitated as widely as Kona. Here's how to read a label, why the rules are changing in 2027, and which estate's Kona we put in a pod.
Nespresso-compatible decaf pods, single estate, Swiss Water processed — and why most decaf doesn't taste like this.
Finding the balance between Difference Coffee's specialty coffee and milk offers
pleasantly rich flavours and mouthfeel.
pleasantly rich flavours and mouthfeel.
Amir Gehl talks to Omar about coffee and creating the ultimate capsule coffee.
"I imagine a world where every coffee drunk in a Michelin-starred restaurant, a luxury hotel, or at home with a Nespresso machine is a Specialty."
Home espresso machines are commonly set to 9 bar pressure, but what makes this espresso pressure the gold standard for extracting consistently great brews?
Italian water isn't superior to the rest of the world's, as coffee myths might have you believe. But, if not the water, then why is Italian coffee so good?
Many coffee drinkers mistake bitterness for strength. It’s easy to do, as the unpleasant levels of bitterness typical of poor quality coffee overwhelm the tastebuds. It's a sensation easily, but incorrectly, attributed to the coffee’s strength.
Coffee humidity links are often blamed for inconsistencies in quality. However, humidity is rarely to blame for a bad brew.
